Rise Up Singing: The Group Singing Songbook - Softcover

Peter Blood-Patterson

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Synopsis

This comprehensive collection has sold tens of thousands of copies around the world. It contains words and guitar chords to nearly 1200 songs, arranged in a compact, easy-to-use format for locating songs and working with groups. You won't find an array of songs like this anywhere else: 'Folk Revival' favorites popularized by Baez, Seeger, Collins, Peter, Paul and Mary, Dylan, Mitchell, Taylor, Donovan, and many others. * The best-known material of contemporary folk songwriters including Near, Staines, Williamson, Rogers, Bok and many more. * Broadway show tunes, Beatles songs, Motown hits * Hymns, spirituals, and gospel standards * Songs about peace, freedom, labor and the environment * Ballads, cowboy songs, shanties and blues

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About the Author

Peter Blood and Annie Patterson have over 25 years of experience in song-leading at conferences and gatherings using Rise Up Singing throughout the United States, Canada, and Australia. They both live in Cheney, Pennsylvania.

Review

"This is the best, most exhilarating and glorious history of the United States: a singing history. It is more than a lovely songbook—it’s a play-work-fight-freedom hymnal." —Studs Terkel, author, Hope Dies Last

"Singing improves the quality of life, making us feel better, stronger, wiser. Here are several hundred songs to get started on!" —Holly Near, author, Fire in the Rain

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